Sunday Favourites #218

Hey guys,

I'm back! I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas. How did you spend it?

I'm sorry that I've not posted since Christmas Eve; I've been so worn out from the festive season and in so much pain that I've been in hibernation over the last week trying to recover. I've napped, watched movies while curled up in bed in my PJs, and eaten lots of delicious food, and it's been exactly what I needed after a full on month. I'm finally beginning to feel like myself again, and I'm just about fully recharged and ready to take on the new year. I still have a few Christmas posts to blog before I get started on the end of year / new year posts, but I'll do my best to catch up over the next few days. Today, I'm going to start off the year with my first Sunday Favourites of 2017!

Happy New Year!

These embroideries from AlexsEmbroidery are so beautiful.

This necklace is amazing!

How cute is this (free) printable flair gift wrap?!

This cosmic brownie bark looks so good.

I so need to make something using this colouring book fabric.

I love this.

Could these pins from Berkley Illustration be any cuter?

I love this piece of DIY oversized cross stitch wall art. I'm going to have try this at some point.

These New Year's resolution fortune cookies are such a fun idea for kicking off the new year.

A backdrop of balloons wrapped up to look like sweets!

This printable colouring calendar looks so lovely.

These birthday cake croissants look amazing.

I'm in love with this lady's hair. 

These temporary nature tattoos are so pretty. 

This axolotl pin is adorable.

These coconut milk bowls are probably the most beautiful bowls of food I've ever seen. They look far too good to eat.

This photo by amateur photographer Muhammad Roem is fantastic.

Lovely Links

♥ Chronic illness is hard enough: all I ask for is empathy.

♥ 15 words that mean something totally different when you have a chronic illness.

♥ Why pain shouldn't be a competition.

♥ How to travel abroad with a chronic illness.

♥ 24 things I couldn't live without as a spoonie.

♥ When I was labelled a 'frequent caller' to emergency services.

♥ 'Physically handicapped' sign (quite rightly) angers campaigners.

♥ Blind in the arctic: a survivor's guide to living in Nunavut.

♥ Marieke Vervoort: paralympian who has signed euthanasia papers.

♥ 23 signs you grew up with depression.

♥ A letter to the koala that bit me: (RE. the revelation I had about my bipolar disorder).

♥Cancer survivor creates bespoke gift service to ensure those battling illness aren't forgotten over Christmas.

♥ 50 ways to practice self-care.

♥ To the fire fighter who sang to woman's autistic daughter after a car crash.

♥ A kindhearted stranger saved a homeless couple from freezing to death by them a mobile home.

♥ Tourists take Edinburgh street beggar to Sweden for Christmas.

♥ Muslim-owned restaurant offers elderly and homeless free meals on Christmas Day so no one eats alone.

♥ Twitter appeal gets Christmas presents for foster boys.

♥ Just remember there are good people out there.

♥ The firms making meals from the bin.

♥ The stories that prove 2016 was not the worst year ever.

♥ The people who make body-shaming memes.

♥ Woman whose photos have been used in harsh memes speaks out about how it makes her feel.

♥ Woman defends £100 wedding ring after being shamed in jewellery shop.

♥ Mum who spends more than £1500 on 350 presents for her kids hits back at her critics.

♥ Scare the mother, save the child.

♥ A warning to bloggers for 2017.

♥ A hermit's Christmas: simplicity, solitude and silence.

♥ 1950s marriage advice for women will make your feminist blood boil.

♥ 'Frozen woman' mannequin fools Hudson, New York police.

♥ Russia does The Hunger Games for real in Siberia, but no guns are allowed.

♥ This is how dangerous the Home Alone booby traps actually are.

♥ Canada police to punish drink-drivers with Nickelback.

For more stuff like this, why not check out my Pinterest and Tumblr? You can also find all past Sunday Favourites posts here.

Thanks for reading!

Happy New Year!